The National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS) has devised a multi-pronged strategy to play an effective role in strengthening the overall national healthcare service delivery system and advance medical research to make medical care accessible and affordable to all, said Vice Chancellor Lt Gen (r) Syed Imran Majeed, at the signing ceremony of Document of Understanding (DoU) here on Tuesday with Siemens Healthcare Ltd, Powergroup and It’s a Deal GmbH to collaborate in establishing Pakistan’s first medical city in Islamabad, NUMS Institute of Advanced Studies and Research (NIASR) in Rawalpindi and other mega healthcare projects.
The three leading German companies will assist NUMS during all stages of financing, investments, technological upgradation and education in order to enhance medical care to international standards.
Referring to the current spread of coronavirus globally and in Pakistan, he emphasized that it is urgent that “we enhance our state of preparedness to address such medical emergencies.” NUMS projects in the health sector will not only help in improving medical infrastructure but also increase healthcare capacity in the country, he said, and expressed confidence that the university-run, patient-centered, comprehensive, integrated healthcare delivery system at the medical city and NUMS medical centres will provide safe and affordable healthcare services of international standards to the citizens. He said that NUMS will remain progressive in its approach and with the support and assistance of its leading German partners will be able to deliver cutting edge healthcare services.
German Ambassador Bernhard Schlagheck, while appreciating NUMS for taking dynamic initiatives in the health sector, hoped that its collaboration with the leading German institutions will assist NUMS in achieving its goals and have a benefiting broad-based socio economic impact within the country and beyond.
Khurram Jameel, Managing Director and CEO, Siemens Healthcare said, “It is in many ways a giant leap for healthcare in Pakistan where we welcome German investors to invest with NUMS in developing state of the art healthcare facilities in the country”.
Lt Gen (r) Imran Majeed from NUMS, Khurram Jameel from Siemens Healthcare, Dr Pantelis Christian Poetis from Powergroup and Philomena Poetisof It’s a Deal GmbH signed the DoU on behalf of their respective institutions.
